Archive for 2021
Andalou Efes improves to 15-0
Andalou Efes won for the 15th time in as many games in the current Turkish Basketball Super League campaign on Sunday. Serbian star Vasilije Micic pumped in 20 points and dished out four assists and Rodrigue Beaubois poured in 15 to lead the victors past Galatasaray 90-80. Adrien Moerman had 12 points and six rebounds…
Read MoreAntonio Ballard headed back to France
Antonio Ballard (194 cm, G) signed with Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket in ProB France. Last season Ballard also played in France but a level higher. In 24 ProA games for ESSM Le Portel Cote d’Opale, he had 5.9ppg and 3.8rpg. Ballard started this season at Kouvot Kouvola in the Finnish Korisliiga. In ten games, he averaged…
Read MoreSeth LeDay to Sigal Prishtina
Seth LeDay (201 cm, F) is on the move to Kosovo. There he will join Sigal Prishtina and coach Andin Rashica. Prishtina is off to a slow start in the Super League with a 4-10 start. LeDay started this season at BC Siauliai in the Lithuanian LKL league. In only one game, he had 4…
Read MoreJustin Watts moves to Donar
Veteran American player Justin Watts (196 cm; SF/SG) has joined Donar of the Dutch Basketball League. In the 2019-20 campaign, Watts suited up for MKS Dąbrowa Gornicza in Poland. He averaged 14.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals in nine games. Watts, who won an NCAA title as a freshman at the University…
Read MoreHeat-Celtics game postponed due to COVID-19 rules
Due to COVID-19 protocols, Sunday’s Miami Heat-Boston Celtics game was called off. The Heat did not have the required minimum of eight available players for the game. In the run-up to the game, Heat guard Avery Bradley had an “inconclusive test,” according to this report. As a result, Miami had only seven available players. The…
Read MoreLaMelo Ball sets NBA record
19-year old LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in league history to record a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists on Saturday night, when the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105. Ball shot 9-of-13 from the field overall and 3-of-5 on 3-pointers in 31 minutes off the bench in Charlotte’s 113-105 win over the Atlanta…
Read MoreShevon Thompson to Bamberg
Shevon Thompson (211 cm, C) is off to an odd start of the 20/21 season. Thompson first signed with ALBA Berlin but never played a minute in the German capital. He then moved to the Spanish ACB, where he played a mere five games for Montakit Fuenlabrada (5 ppg, 4.5 rpg). He is now moving…
Read MoreMichael Dixon now with Cluj Napoca
Michael Dixon (186 cm, G) has signed with U-Banca Transilvania Cluj Napoca. The 30-year old Georgian national team member played last season for Nymburk, where he played both in the national NBL and the Fiba Champions League. In CL play, Dixon averaged 13.3 ppg and 3.8 assists. He started this season in Ukraine with Totebi…
Read MoreSupreme Hannah from Ukraine to Russia
Supreme Hannah (181 cm, G) is on the move to Russia. There he will join Universitet-Yugra Surgut and coach Sergei Olhov. Surgut is 12th in the SuperLeague 1 standings with a 3-9 record. Hannah started this season in Ukraine with SC Prometey Kamianske. He only averaged 3 ppg, and 1 assist in two games and…
Read MoreNBA G League season starts in February at Disney
There will be an NBA G League season, after all. The NBA G League announced that 18 teams will take to the court in February at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. The top eight teams will advance to a single-elimination playoff. NBA teams without an NBA…
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